good deer knife

I guess by the time gut hooks were main stream I was alreadsy hunting for many years so I have no need for it. I have gutted prolly 100s of deer and I can say without a doubt I have never cut into the guts. What if you knife was also a survival tool and you had to repeatedly stab something. Would the gut hook get hung up?

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I like it for the speed in unzipping the hide not from fear of cutting into the guts. A survival knife its not. If you had to stab something with it you'd prolly slide your hand down the blade and open it up to the bone.

I've been using the Outdoor Edge swing blade and for those of you who don't like or use a gut hook you've never used this! Beautiful design and the other blade is perfect for skinning. The steel holds a great edge and still point up easily. We do a number of wild hogs a year out here and it's the best knife so far.

I have a Schrade sharp finger that I have had for years. It's a great knife and you won't go wrong buying one.

The knife I am carrying this year is a Cold Steel Canadian Belt Knife. It's very light, I don't know I have it. Cheap enough it's almost disposable. It holds an edge very well. Last weekend it skinned 4 deer without sharpening. The rounded shape of the blade lets you use the entire front half of the blade for skinning. It's a great deboning knife as well. I do all my close to the bone work with the Cold Steel. Once I have the meat separated I just use a filet knife to cut the meat into steaks. When the meat hits the freezer there are no bones, just pure protein.

+1. I use an Old Timer with a gut hook and it unzips a deer hide really fast. The only thing I don't like about it is the handles get slick when they get bloody. I've had this one for about 20 years but they sell pretty cheap on ebay. I don't really like a folder for meat work. Too hard to clean compared to a fixed blade.

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Hawg--I have the same knife and love it! The gut hook works great and is very easy to sharpen with a dremmel. Unfortunately, they are now made in China, but can be had for as little as $15. Mine is one of the last U.S. made models and I paid a premium for it on Ebay

You might take a look at cutco.com. After you recover from price shock check out there hunting knives with there gurantee you my not need another knife. To make this short I have bought tradded and sold more than 40 diffrent hunting knives. These were quality knifes several made in America. But IMO the cutco white handle hunting knife with the serrated blade is the best knife I have ever used.

I have an old Western L88 that I bought from E-bay. Looks like H*** but works great. Stays sharp and is the right size for me. I own a bunch of other knives but this is the one I use. I paid $24.50 plus shipping. It works as good or better than some that I paid $100.00 or more for.

WEAR GLOVES!!!!!!! i used to make fun of people who wear them. then at the age of 22 i was in ccu with confused docors telling me it didnt look good. i didnt know where i was at really (i was on some magic something they gave me) after 5 trips to the er and 4 days in ccu we found out i had contracted rockymountain spotted fever from getting a small cut on my finger while processing a deer. i was told by more than one doctor and specialist if i had not been in such good shape it would have definately killed me hell it almost did. and here i am 6 years later my heart rate is still messed up my arms and legs still get tingly/numb etc. i dont wear gloves anymore though, i mean what could go wrong? get rocky mountain spotted fever or something?

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